C4T Summary

My third C4T was a teacher at Elsonar elementary school, Mrs. Martha. Both of my posts were very similar Art In Motion  and Art In Motion-Hippie Man were videos of her students editing project. It was a lot like our book trailer project #12. It was after a field trip to the Mobile Museum of Art where the students examined and discussed various works of art including collages. They thought it would be fun to create one of their own. They took an Ipad placed in a plastic bag with a hole cut out where the camera lens was and hung it right above where the table where they were working. They used colored construction paper to cut out characters and other objects needed in their story. The students then placed the characters where they needed them scene to scene. Then they took the footage they shot and used the editing tools to cut out and create an art in motion story. I thought this was really creative and very simple to use in the classroom. A great way to get students motivated and engaged to learn something new. On a reply post Mrs. Martha said the children were amazing and without fear. Because it is harder to teach an adult because they are afraid of the unknown and clicking buttons to find out what they do. Another cool thing was the second group of student’s “Hippie Man” was taught by one of the students from the first group. This is something I would really want to use and do with a class of my own.